Luxor temple Valley of the kings The Great Sphinx of Giza The Pyramids of Giza Oil and gas Iron ore Phosphate Limestone Manganese • • • • Talc Zinc Asbestos Gypsum Soccer Golf Basketball Tennis Track Holidays Egypt Police Day Sinai Liberation Day Labor Day Revolution Day Armed Forces Day Celebrations and festivals • Christmas • Sham El Nessim • Islamic New Year • Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday • Ramadan Feast • Sacrifice Feast • Islam (mostly Sunny) • Christianity (Coptic) Open and friendly with the visitors Men must not talk to women they do not know When you enter into a mosque in Egypt, you have to take your shoes off • • • • Flatbread Falafel Molokhia Peas • • • • Beans Rice Bread Shawerma • Solid gold chairs • Statues of cats • Egyptian pop music • • • • • • Anwar Sadat (president) Cleopatra King Tut Ramses II Euclid Mohamed ElBaradei • • • • • • Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Museum of Islamic Art The Coptic Museum The National Police Museum The Military Museum The Postal Museum Egypt has many cities the capital is Cairo some other major cities are Alexandria, Al Mahalla, Al Koda, And Giza. Egypt has a large popluation of 72,oooo! The most common languages spoken in Egypt are Arabic, and English Egypt has a very unique type of Government they are a republic and they elect a President AND a prime minister. Except the prime minister leads the cabinet Egypt's current currency is the Egyptian pound Egypt grows many crops are the most popular are fruit, wheat, beans, cucumber, Egypt orders lots of imports. Here are a few of the most important machinery, food, fuel, and wood, . Egypt also sells exports they sell products such as crude oil, petroleum, chemicals, cotton, metal, and textiles, Egypt has a mix of poor and rich people. Some kids have to drop out of school to support their families. Egypt's climate is like a endless summer . The whether in Egypt is almost always sunny! Egypt's land forms are desserts, rivers, caves, lakes, mountains, and springs, The transportation in Egypt is buses, cars, boats, planes, and camels. The plants in Egypt are flowers, trees, wheat, and crops. Egypt's animals are camels, snakes, lizards, birds, insects, and fish, Egypt has a big problem: the population keeps growing and that mean more pollution Egypt is located on the outskirts of Africa and the countries around it are Chad, Sudan, Libya, and Jorden . The most popular vacation spots are Giza, and Cairo. Books used • The True Book About Egypt • Africa • Welcome to Egypt • Two books called “Egypt” Web sites used • earth.google.com/ egypttravelsearch.info • Factmonster.com • Kidrex.com